it was so loud that i actually thought it must have been an earthquake and the building was collapsing. so that s the point when i told my kids to lie down. of course i m scanning the area wondering where we re going to go. scenes captured on security cameras in the mall showed how quickly the attack begin. you can see machine gun bullets flashing down the main concourse as shoppers scramble and dive to the floor. then i saw rounds starting to hit the shops that were straight ahead. catherine s first thought, protect her kids. it was just instinct to grab the girls and run, but we must not have gone very far and a woman came and scooped up portia and we both ran right behind this display table. display cabinet. catherine, her girls and the kenyan woman took place at the only place they could. here they are crouching under a
coming up. baby, baby, touching my daughter. and then a fresh shock for catherine s husband chl. that was very traumatic for me. when dateline continues. what bad back? advil is. relief that s fast. strength that lasts. you ll ask. what pain? with advil liqui-gels.
they had tan and grey clothing and they were carrying very, very large weapons. very large guns. hearing the gunfire and screams echoing through the mall, both catherine and faith could tell the gunmen were spreading out, killing people as they went along. two mothers trapped with young children worried they would be next. and a growing fear seized catherine, her boys were no longer answering their phones. where were they? coming up. the terrifying uncertainty for those inside the mall and loved ones outside. your wife and sons are in there and they re separated. soon a friend of catherine s who has been texting with her would go from worried to frantic. when she sent that, my heart just sunk. when dateline continues. wingardium levioka.
flimsy temporary display table. petra was crying because i was laying on her and it was loud. very loud. very chaotic. what was happening around you? what were you hearing? everybody was scrambling. the shooting was coming from all directions. catherine new her boys had been headed toward that department store. amid all the noise and comotion she managed to call them and yell out a quick warning. i did don t come out, they re shooting. go, run, hide. do not come out. catherine knew the situation was dangerous, extremely dangerous, but at least she had some cover. faith and her kids were also trapped on the ground floor but out in the open, exposed to the gunmen talkistalking new victim i m telling the kids to lie down. this continues and i knew there was shooting and i thought, wrong choice of hiding place.
we would go home and have naps and everybody would be happy. the waltons chose to move to kenya two years earlier from texas. from catherine and phillip it was like going home. they were both children of missionaries and grew up in west africa. they met in boarding school in africa and married in the states and started raising their families. at the time of the attack, he was 14 years old, ian 10, portia 2 and petra the baby, just 14 months old was born in kenya. their morning at the mall unfolded as any family s might. they had lunch together in the third floor food court. after lunch the boys decided to race down to the first floor to a big department store, sort of like a super walmart. mom and the three young girls were still finishing up lunch so they lagged behind. as they were walking through the mall to catch up with the boys, with the baby in a sling and the two toddlers holding mom s